World's Longest High-speed Rail Starts Operation

World's Longest High-speed Rail Starts Operation

World's Longest High-speed Rail Starts Operation

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A stewardess stands at a doorway of a CRH high-speed train at Changsha South Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Changsha, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

A stewardess stands at a doorway of a CRH high-speed train at Changsha South Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Changsha, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

World's Longest High-speed Rail Starts Operation

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A stewardess stands at a doorway of a CRH high-speed train at Beijing West Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Beijing, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

A stewardess stands at a doorway of a CRH high-speed train at Beijing West Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Beijing, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

World's Longest High-speed Rail Starts Operation

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A stewardess stands at a doorway of a CRH high-speed train at Guangzhou South Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Guangzhou, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

A stewardess stands at a doorway of a CRH high-speed train at Guangzhou South Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Guangzhou, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

World's Longest High-speed Rail Starts Operation

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A CRH high-speed train arrives at Xuchang East Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Xuchang, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

A CRH high-speed train arrives at Xuchang East Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Xuchang, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

World's Longest High-speed Rail Starts Operation

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A stewardess stands at a doorway of a CRH high-speed train at Changsha South Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Changsha, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

A stewardess stands at a doorway of a CRH high-speed train at Changsha South Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Changsha, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

World's Longest High-speed Rail Starts Operation

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A CRH high-speed train leaves the Beijing West Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Beijing, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

A CRH high-speed train leaves the Beijing West Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Beijing, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

World's Longest High-speed Rail Starts Operation

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A passanger looks at stewardesses out the window of a CRH high-speed train at Beijing West Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Beijing, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

A passanger looks at stewardesses out the window of a CRH high-speed train at Beijing West Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Beijing, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

World's Longest High-speed Rail Starts Operation

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A CRH high-speed train stops at Xuchang East Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Xuchang, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

A CRH high-speed train stops at Xuchang East Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Xuchang, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

World's Longest High-speed Rail Starts Operation

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A CRH high-speed train leaves the Beijing West Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Beijing, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

A CRH high-speed train leaves the Beijing West Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Beijing, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

World's Longest High-speed Rail Starts Operation

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Passengers board a CRH high-speed train at Changsha South Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Changsha, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

Passengers board a CRH high-speed train at Changsha South Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Changsha, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

World's Longest High-speed Rail Starts Operation

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Stewardesses stand beside a CRH high-speed train at Beijing West Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Beijing, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

Stewardesses stand beside a CRH high-speed train at Beijing West Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Beijing, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

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A stewardess stands at a doorway of a CRH high-speed train at... News PhotoAir Stewardess,Business,Changsha,China - East Asia,Doorway,Finance,High Speed Train,Horizontal,Leisure Activity,Lifestyles,Panoramic,Science and Technology,Technology,Topics,Train - Vehicle,Transportation,TravelPhotographer ChinaFotoPressCollection: ChinaFotoPress 2012 ChinaFotoPressCHANGSHA, CHINA - DECEMBER 26: (CHINA OUT) A stewardess stands at a doorway of a CRH high-speed train at Changsha South Railway Station on December 26, 2012 in Changsha, China. The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday. Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)